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The Insane Dual-Class

Discussion in 'BG2: Throne of Bhaal (Classic)' started by Faraaz, Mar 16, 2006.

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    You must first cast Holy Power, which makes your THAC0 same as a fighter of same level IIRC, which means 'BASE' THAC0 will be 0. Then Draw upon Holy Might, and you will have negative THAC0 in no time.

    Base THAC0 is the result of your level and class, and normal THAC0 is after the bonuses or penalties from items, spells and ability scores kick in right?
     
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    It's easy to get a base-THACO of 0 or even lower with some cleric buffs.
    Mainly Holy Power, as Silverstar said,and Righteous Magic for 25 STR.

    As for your problem with Harm look here for more info, although Holy power should give you a THACO bonus and not penalty.
    Anyway 24 THACO is crazy.I can't explain it.Even with some wild surges... :confused:
     
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    Well, I've got the Spell-50 mod installed, which extends your spells all the way upto lvl 50, but it has a fair few bugs in it. Could it be that this problem is because of that? Has anyone who has used this faced similar problems?

    I have a feeling when I get to really high levels the spells wrap around to the higher values...
     
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    ^You also got spell 50 pack? :eek: Oh my. Yes it can be the cause IMHO.
     
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    That sounds like it could certainly be your problem there.
     
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    Hmm...well, I guess I can open up Shadowkeeper to find out the spell filename for Holy Power and just delete it from my override directory...

    Will this work?
     
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    It can cause yet morebugs, I wouldn't reccomend touching a file in override directory if you don't know what you are doing exactly...
     
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    @ Faraaz

    Does it happen EVERY time you cast Holy Power ?
     
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    Yes...every time, so I've just stopped casting it, and I have like 8 Farsights memorized now! :p It definitely comes in handy with 6 Project Images memorized though...

    Also, this happens with Globe of Blades...its stopped working completely...does not damage any enemies closeby...neither does Blade Barrier.

    And lastly, Barksin does not work. I have to take ALL my items off and then cast Barkskin and re-equip everything, to make it work. Normal casting does not let Barkskin work.

    Anyone know why this is happening?
     
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    Tried uninstalling the spell-50 pack? I think your spells are now too powerful to be fun anyway. 32d8 ABDHWs? :eek: Or 32d6 Sunfries....sick. :p
     
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    Hm...I think THOSE are buggy as well... :(

    Technically, I should be doing atleast 100 damage on a failed save to enemies that are not resistant to fire damage with Sunfire...but I only do like70-80.

    Bah...As for overpoweredness...What's the point of going over lvl 20 Mage then?

    Edit: Forgot to add...sorry I haven't been updating guys, its just that I finally got OBLIVION!! :evil: That game is SO amazing! Anyone who hasn't got it and has a system that can run it...GET IT RIGHT NOW! :D

    So yeah...I'm afraid this will be on hold for a couple of days I guess, until I get bored of Oblivion for a day or two. :cool:
     
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    It must be a very good game but hey don't forget your poor BG :D

    Try the final battle later although I think that it will be very hard even for your W.Mage-Cleric.You will need a very good tactic for all those demons.

    I don't know but I think that the best mage class for the final battle would be a fighter/mage (multi or dual) who uses Wish or who has many scrolls (PFMW,m.image,stoneskins).
    This fight is so insane ... :(
     
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    Fighter/Mage/Cleric...maxed out levels...mmm...crispy!! :evil:
     
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